St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-22

Rouge, n"Ii,Isai,d by the late distiIc
CongitrSi"i,al convention held at tina
place, ~ the ID. mncralic candidate f"'
cnngie>>. H.. it4'rtsrL's tl'at being the
only ID ui",,at III the field, and The
nonilh' ri ,im l.arty, he Ia entitled l.
the arin. >irl "rt of all Drm"craf>
withnn i.gtii tn the Il tfritnrrs nl''
divisions az die party. We referred Il,
the TACT ilI she only regular delegates
from t.i> lttIi>h. elected by II palisl
convention ,'All Il 10y the regular PARIS
commute, and rnmpnsrd at Delegates
elect, a ~ lie. several wards, IN accol
dance vltli The established rules Of I'll.
parry. Atir cnuteuptu"uSly refused
uarticIl,aIiun in the nomination Of %
congits>,ntn, aud were not even al.
lowed "A hearing while the delegate.
If II 81 called mAss- meeting, called b.,
a committee long defuuct, were al
the same case set Ivy the cnngressi"na
convention nnp Year before. We men
toned that this Treatment of iheir
delegates MAS reg aided h, many Demo
Gratis here ~ disftancllisrrn-u -:
them III rrGait tn voting fJr the presrn'
ID, ,uucrati candidate for cungress
that, rs ,hp con. rntinr had absolutely
Ipfnstd tt,t.un representation, and treat
ed them piHi.ilA .ltcttd and accredited
del. g,!,e ~.th cnnttmpt, neither IT,
cunsrnt,nn 'inr those who side will,
have anv tight To expo their vnter
liz stated that he was NOT responsible
for the artiuu Of the convention; tina
he VIA siup'1 Ihr nominee nf the part,
thrnu2h inr' c,'n>ruIl"n. a1i that II wa
the duty If all nuinCrht- To snprnr
the lutpinr, though the. might CO..
denim ih,. az inn It the c"ii'r n'inn.
Col. r u" rt-nn uas not tn'r!icat''
the col,.rn,i"n- tr'a'n'rn' Of IT.
Drmucr,I- ~: thl< parish. II ~ hard tn
he shout i,>. H., Ir votes san that nr
count hnt 90 ID" other hand how CO
The, rrt.4 lat. nn she chntrntio1, Wiz
rr,ic.. hAN, thtA Ia protect ihrmstt.,>
III tutuI, aeaIn>i similar wrongful Nc
ton uf rrn."utt,ns, except by fai'n't
to snupr,t the nominee thar they Ar
not atinNed to h.ip n"n,inatrf If tha
convention, nn.!rr the guidance ~
Messrs. lbutkr and Hon ton, had II"
b. en- n,ug. anxious to- score ~ point t"
the obn"xt.u> NJ, Every administration
than it Wis to have elected u Demo
cratic cung,. s>nl .n from this disttirt.
it wotlid never b,Ae been entity If tm
high. han.trd outr " ag .inst the D-m"
cratic party ut This parish. and Co.
Ruhrtis,,I = visit here to SECURE its amp.
port woiih I've entirely unnecessary
Since the -Itltr Robertson first defeated
u R-puh.ran fn congress in this dis
trict, n"thing has happened tn weaker
the Democracy aud strengthen the x
pubilcaII> at the district like The shame
full conduct of this cuAvrniion il
sl,uws Willingness to sacrifice thu
D.mncIa.y ~ part of this district, and
Maybe a.-"a ID, u."cratic congressman.
10 order tn establish precedent fo'
" rungtusy Obtaining control of th+
next STATE convention.
A moi. Notify occurrence in c0nnec-
tiun WIln tti,. action OF the convention.
la that t,.t 4 ,St Is iton Rouge helrgatps
voted against the admission of the ST.
l. ,ndry drirgates, when both these
Delegations we.e elected in the SAME
mat nel-hy parish conventions c"m-
puse.l al delegates elected by primaries.
This has been long established rule
here; but il ia u recent ono in East
Baton IL ng.. The parish convention
there that sent these delegates to the
late congressional convention, was or
gsnzed In that way; AMI the parish
uuventinn passed a resnlntion declar-
ing 1.-THE nn,y ja>t and proper method
of ascrtiaining the will of the majority
IA by primary eirctiuns :" it thanked
the parish com nittee for having or
s,er.d primary elections, and instructed
IN. committee Ten call primary elections
in futu,r. Bat, hehulh, the dels-gatrs
nf tins cuus.nti"u that go admired pr.
mary ei+ct,"ns, voted in the congress
sinnal convention against the st. Lam
dry delegates elected just like them
selves, IN the oaly just and proper
method Of ascerttining the 'ciH Of the
majority a..,l y",eA /" >rat HE Esl.-
ie,te urrg a,rs who, they positively
knew. ny = snema drclaratin of their
own PARISH rnnvrnttOn, could not rep1e.
sent III. II. .m.crncy of th,a parish.
If Col R,,rrt~.'u Is n"t ia sympathy
wi,b this, nnj .st aud contradictory az.
ot as ,r,,ne drlrgatrs and OF thu.
,yeutipn Itself. we eynDhthlse with
hin, IA mlng the nnulnrr of snch -
.,,nv.ut,uu. n. believe that the mass.
i. ,oy rate the active mtsS Ut Demo
SO. ,,~re -,eel very bitterly towards
,h., c,,,.n unn. and feel c"ldly. polit'
;c.,,x ...ah,up, towards its nominee.